- G - GREEN, Allen Turner, the junior partner of the firm of Osborn & Green, conducting a dry goods business in Lawrenceburg, is well known as a successful and capable young merchant of the city. His birth occurred in Lauderdale county, Alabama, on the 25th of January, 1894, his parents being William Henry and Matilda (Caldona) Green, who were born in the years 1851 and 1860, respectively. The paternal grandfather was Leonard Green of North Carolina, while the maternal grandparents of Allen T. Green were William and Mary Jane (Spinger) Caldona of Alabama. The father of Mr. Green of this review was a farmer by occupation and passed away in 1907, one year prior to the demise of his wife, which occurred in 1908. In the acquirement of his education Allen T. Green attended the public schools of his native county and when a young man of twenty years came to Tennessee, locating at Lawrenceburg, where he was made assistant cashier of the Lawrence Bank & Trust Company. He continued in that position for five years, most efficiently discharging his duties, but in 1921 embarked in business on his own account as junior partner in the firm of Osborn & Green for the conduct of a dry goods store. They have already developed a business of extensive and gratifying proportions, carrying a large and well selected stock of goods and being widely recognized as enterprising and progressive merchants of thorough reliability. In December, 1917, Mr. Green enlisted in the United States army at Nashville and was sent to Norfolk, Virginia, where he remained until honorably discharged a year later in December, 1918, at which time he returned to Lawrenceburg. On the 21st of February, 1919, at Nashville, Tennessee, Mr. Green was united [p.357] in marriage to Miss Margaret Edwards, a daughter of Phil and Margaret Edwards, both of whom were natives of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Green have become parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Allen, who was born on the 26th of December, 1920. In politics Mr. Green is a democrat, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist church, in which he is serving as steward. A young man of laudable ambition and unquestioned ability, he has already won a creditable position in mercantile circles of his adopted city and his many friends feel that his career will be one of continued success. Submitted by Amanda Jowers